In recognition of frontline healthcare workers around the world, Nike will donate the Air Zoom Pulse and other product to healthcare athletes.
— Nike (@Nike) May 4, 2020
Pairs of Nike Air Zoom Pulse, which were released in November 2019, will be provided to workers in health facilities and hospitals in Chicago, Los Angeles, Memphis and New York City, the company said in its statement. Shoes also will be distributed to workers within the Veterans Health Administration.
Nike, through its partner, the nonprofit Good360, is delivering approximately 95,000 pairs of soccer socks, which will offer mild compression, to health care workers in Los Angeles and New York City.
Nike is also sending 2,500 pairs of shoes to hospitals in Europe, including Barcelona, Berlin, London, Milan, Paris and in Belgium, company officials said.
Nike is working with Good360 in the United States and local organizations in Europe to donate more than 140,000 pieces of footwear, apparel and equipment globally.
In its statement, Nike said it sent representatives to OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland, Oregon, to study health care workers. They gauged the challenges the workers faced -- long hours on their feet and liquid spills -- to determine which shoe would provide the most comfort.
"The effort is led by messages of gratitude to healthcare professionals," Nike said in its release. "From one athlete to another, Nike athletes recognize the physical and mental resilience of healthcare athletes."
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